Combination column-support and sill-fastener.



PATENTED APR. 4, 1905.

D. F. HUTTON. 4 COMBINATION COLUMN SUPPORT AND SILL FASTENER.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT, 24, 1904.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 4, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

DAYID F. HUTTON, OF PIPER, KANSAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 786,497, dated April 4, 1905.

Application filed September 24:, 1904. Serial No. 225,857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID F. HUTTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Piper, in the county of VVyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Column-Supports and Sill -Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combination column-supports and sill-fasten- .ers; and one of my objects is to prolong the usefulness of porch-columns by preventing the accumulation of moisture at the bases thereof, which causes rapid decay of the lower ends of said columns and the adjacent parts of the porch-flooring.

A further object is to support the columns in such a way that they will not have to be disturbed when old flooring is taken up and new flooring is laid or when the old sills of the porch are repaired or replaced by new sills.

Another object is to provide means for reliably holding the corners of the sills together,

.and in order that the invention may be fully understood reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a porch provided with my improved device, the sills of the porch being broken away to show Fig. 2 is a broken plan view of the porch-floor with my devices in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the devices used at the corners of the porch. Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of one of the devices employed at the sides of the porch. Fig. 5 shows a side elevation of a modified form of the invention applied to a porch. Fig. 6 is a plan view of same. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the modified devices employed at the corners of the porch. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the modified devices employed at the sides of the porch. Fig. 9 is a detail perspective View of a round-column base provided with a central aperture through which the upper portion of the device extends.

In said drawings, 1 designates the piers or foundation of the porch. 2 designates the sills which rest upon said foundation.

3 designates the flooring which is laid upon the sills, and 4 designates square columns for supporting the roof 5.

6 designates one of the devices employed at the corners of the sills, comprising a base 7 which rests upon foundation 1; upwardly-tapering vertical ribs 8, extending at right angles to each other and formed integral with said base; a cylindrical neck 9, formed integral with the upper ends of the ribs; a circular head 10, surmounting said neck, and a pin 11, projecting upwardly from the central portion of said head. Ribs 8 have transverse boltholes 12 for the reception of bolts 13, which extend through the sills and are provided at their inner ends with taps 14., whereby the ends of the sills are drawn into contact with each other and are reliably held against the adjacent surfaces of ribs 8.

Neck 9 projects upwardly through a notch or aperture 15 in the flooring in order that the upper surface of head 10 will extend a slight distance above said flooring, so that when column 4 is placed in position upon said head an intervening space 16 will be left between the lower end of said column and the upper surface of said floor for the circulation of air, which will prevent the accumulation of moisture at these points.

Column 4 is counter-bored at its lower central portion for the reception of pin 11, which reliably holds the lower portion of said column upon head 10.

The device shown in Fig. 4 contains the elements just described. The ribs, however, are rearranged to fit the sides of the sills instead of the corners, as in the device disclosed by Fig. 3. Rib 8, for instance, does not contact with the sill, but is centrally disposed at the rear of rib 8 in order to reinforce the latter. Rib 8 is flush throughout its forward surface in order to fit snugly against the inner surface of the sill, which latter is reliably secured to the rib by the bolts 13 and taps 14:.

The modified form shown in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, is longer than the preferred form above described in order to extend upwardly through an aperture 17 in the central portion of a rectangular base 18, one of which latter is placed beneath each of the round columns P. The device placed at the corners of the sills comprises a base 7, ribs 8 an elongated neck 9", formed integral with the upper ends of said ribs; acy'lindrical head 10, surmounting said neck; a pin 11, extending upwardly from the central portion of said head to engage the counterbore in the bottom of column 4, and ribs 19, integral with the base and extending at right angles to each other in order to fit the corners of the sills. Ribs 19 have transverse bolt-holes 12 for the reception of bolts 13, which extend through the sills and are provided with the taps 14, whereby the sills are reliably drawn into contact with said ribs. The device shown in Fig. 8 is the same as that disclosed by Fig. 7, with the exception that it has but one rib 19, adapted to fit snugly against the inner surface of the sills.

Although I have shown my devices resting upon piers, the latter may be dispensed with by elongating said devices and anchoring their bases in the ground.

From the above description it is apparent that the weight of the columns and the roof of the porch will be transferred from the sills and flooring to my devices. Consequently said sills and flooring may be removed or repaired without disturbing the columns or the roof.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a porch-floor having notches or openings, and columns arranged above said openings, of devices of the character described arranged beneath the columns each device consisting of a base, a body portion formed integral with said base, a neck formed integral with the upper end of said body portion and projecting through one of the notches or openings in the porclrfloor, and ahead surmounting said neck upon which one of the columns rests.

2. The combination with a porch-floor having notches or openings, and columns arranged above said openings. of devices of the character described arranged beneath the columns each device consisting of a base, an upwardlytapering body portion formed integral with said base, a neck formed integral with the upper end of said body portion and projecting through one of the notches or openings in the porch-floor, a head surmounting said neck upon which one of the columns rests, and a pin extending upwardly from said head into the lower end of said column.

3. The combination with a porch-floor havingnotches or openings, and columns arranged above said openings, of devices of the character described arranged beneath the columns each device consisting of a base, a body portion composed of a plurality of ribs formed integral at their lower ends with said base, a cylindrical neck formed integral with the upper ends of the ribs projecting through one of the notches or openings in the porch-floor, a circular head surmounting said neck upon which one of the columns rests, and a pin extending upwardly from said head into the lower end of said column.

4. The combination with a porch-floor having notches or openings, bases having central apertures registering with said notches or openings, and columns arranged above said bases, of devices of the character described arranged beneath the columns each device consisting of a base, a body portion formed integral with said base, a neck formed integral with the upper end of said body portion and projecting through one of the notches or openings in the porch-floor and through the aperture of one of the bases, and ahead surmounting said neck upon which one of the columns rests.

5. The combination with porch-sills, and columns arranged a suitable distance above said sills, of devices consisting of bases,ribs formed integral with said bases and secured to the sills, and heads surmounting said ribs upon which the columns rest, substantially as described.

6. Thecombination With a porch-foundation, sills arranged thereon, and a column arranged above the sills, of a device of the character described consisting of a base adapted to rest upon the foundation, a body portion comprising two ribs extending at right angles to each other and formed integral at their lower ends with said base, said ribs being adapted to fit snugly in the corners of the sills, a neck formed integral with the upper ends of the ribs, a head surmounting said neck adapted to support the column, and a pin projecting upwardly from said head adapted to engage a counterbore in the lower end of the column.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID F. H UTTON.

l/Vitnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, LESLIE E. BAIRD. 

